Apparatus for sponging and shrinking cloth.



H. PBSKINP APPARATUS r01: SPONGING AND QHRINKING CLOTH.

APPLICATION I'ILID MAY 9, 1914.

1,119,368. Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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APPARATUS FOR SPONGING AND sunmxme CLOTH.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9, 1914.

Patented Dec. 1,1911

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HYMAN PESHIN, OF NORCZJSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

APPARATUS FOR PONGI'hl'G AND SHRINKING CLOTH.

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Application fiIedMay 9, 1914. Serial No. 837, l22.

T aZZ 'wllom itmay concern:

13s it known that I, HYMAN Pnsnm, a

citizen of the United States, residing at lVorcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for Sponging i and Shrinking Cloth, of which theiollowing is a specification. I Cloth used for suits, overcoats, and the like, is sold 111 such condition that betore it is made up it generally haste be nioistened, or sponged, as it is called. For this purpose devices have been used in shops that are quite expensive and not specially convenient. The tailors and dressmakers ordinarily are not able to perform this operation in a convenient; and'satislactory manner with the devices nowonthe market, but usually send them to factories that l'iavelarge and expensive sponging devices, or else have to take up considerable time in the operation.

The principalobject of this invention is toprovide an el'hcient apparatus :l'or sponging cloth capable of convenient use in small shops and by custom tailors and dressmalters, and also capable otsponging old cloth.

The lnventlon also lnvolves the prov1sion of an apparatus for this purpose at such a small expense that any one doing a small business can afford to own one so that the expense of the sponging operation will be verygreatly reduced; also an a iiparatus for thls purpose which will take up but little space and which can be dismantled and removed without the expenditureof much time or labor. i

further object of the invention is to reduce the amount of steam consumed and to provide a construction by which the steam can be made by any convenient kind of a heater for the water, electric, gas, selliheater, coal, or any other kind.

i The invention is of such a simple nature that it can be operated by unskilled help Without any danger of damage to the cloth or to the apparatus.

i Reierence is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which,

Fi ure 1 is a front elevation of a device a 0 n a n constructed In accordance wlth this invention" E1 2 1s a central vertical section thereof; 1 1g. 3 1s a side vlew or a inod1ficztion. Fl". 4 is a side view showiru how the b L:

principle can he applied to asteam radiator; and Fig. 5 IS a plan showing the use of another form of the inventionforvelvet.

Specification of Letters fcatcnt.

PatentedDee. 1, 1914.

In the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the invention comprises, two parts, a steam producing means A and a device 15 for using the steam for the purpose of sponging and shrinkingtho cloth.

The steam producing means shown is preferably made of comparatively small size so that it can be applied to a stove or any other form of heater, but itean be made in large sizes for use in large shops and. factories. As shown it consists of an outer shell 10 formed of sheet metal preferably and having outside the sheet metal a layer of wire fabric 11 in which is embedded an izisulating layer of asbestos composition 12.;

Any other composition can be substituted for the purpose of keeping the heat from passing through the wall of the outer receptacle. ilhebottom of this receptacle is'intended to rest on the heating device with which it used. At the top it is provided with a central opening 13. 'l hroue'h this opening depends a water can 1 which has an upper flange 15 by which it rests on the top oil the receptaclclO and it depends down into it nearly to the bottom. It has a slop ing top 1.6 and a closure 17 of an ordinary kind through which it can be lillcd with water. The top gradually converges to form a conical outlet 18.

lllien this device is being heated for the purpose of boiling the water and lori'ning steam, it is set on the stove or the like and a whistle 19 applied to thetop ot' the outlet 18 so as to warn the user when the steam has been generated. This whistle is shown only in Fig. 3, but is intended to be used on all the forms. In the use of the device for its intended purpose the whistle is removcd and in its place is placed the spongino; device 13. This comprises a cylindrical tube 20 formed of wire fabric and covered with cloth 91. It has an inlet 22 which fits the outlet and supports the sponging device B. At the top the tube 520 has an eye.

side vertically. The sides'oi this opening v overlap-each other. At-the bottom the can- I vas covering is provided with arwire28 whichis provided with two hooks 29 ,at its ends so that its ends can be connected.

These hooks are located at the ends of the fiap. This covering is of sufficient size'to .cxtend down around the walls of -the cylinder and remain at a distance from them all around. It is open at the bottom, but when the bottom wire is closed the. slit through its wall is practically closed. In use the boiler A is heated until steam begins to' be. generated, which. passing through the whistle warns the'operator that it is ready for use. Then the whistle" is removed and the tube B placedupon the boiler being supported by thestring and by the boiler itself. The cloth D is wound around the cylinder, being held by pins, andithe outer covering or jacket C applied." It will a be obvious that the steam generated will I but it is held in a moist atmosphere forany period of timerequired for this; operation and. is soaked with the, moisture. It. is

pass upwardly into the tube and-out through its Walls in a ni orm.- manner.

thoroughly saturates the same with; steam. At the same time the jacket or covering C serves to hold the. steam in and prevents any great. amount of it being lost, while at. the sametime, it permits any excess tqbe discharged at the bottom. In this way the cloth is not only saturated withthesteam,

found in practice that-the sponging; or

shrinking operation is performedby thisv apparatus in a few minutesand in an extremely uniform and satisfactory manner; Its expense is very low both for construction and operation, and. noski-ll is required in carrying out the, process with it.

In order to' give warning .whenthe water gets low an open-bottomed tube 30. is set into the .fillingopening,; and the closure is provided with a whistle. 31. Then when the level ofwater gets below the. bottom. ofthis' tube the steam will blow. the, whistle.

In the form shown in Fig. 3 the water receptacle 34 has two outlets 38 for twotubes 20 The whistle 19 is shown onone I of them. A steam chamber 39 is also provided with a valve 40 to regulate the pressure.

In Fig. 4: an ordinary steam radiator 41 is shown having a pipe 42 therefrom .provided with a valve. and with a conical end to which the tubes 20 can be supplied.

In Fig. 5 the horizontal tube50 has. an inlet pipe 51 and a crank 52 which support it in bearings on a frame 53.v The Velvet is fed over the tube by turning the crank.

Although I have illustrated and described only a few embodiments of the invention I amaware of the fact that many other modi-.

,Gpptea, agitate patc e may-he ea Thus it pe a es. t e goods Wound thereon. and

'fications can-be made therein-by 'any perpervious-to steam and having anouter surface upon which the cloth can be wound, and r I a tubular coverv therefor hanging down from the top thereof and surrounding 'said support, but of larger diameter so as to provide a space for retaining steam. 2. In a device of the character described,

the combination with meansv for generating steam provided with a vertical upwardly openingoutlet, of a supportforthe cloth tov be shrunk, comprising afltube having a covering. of cloth -onwhich the clothto be shrunk can -.be wound and. provided with means at the bottom. for attaching. it to. the outlet of the steam generating means,.and a canvasv covering surrounding said tube .but spaced therefrom'forholding the steam in the space between itjand: thetube.

3. In a device of the character; described,

the combinationof a'support" for the cloth having an inletflfor steam and comprising a body pervious to; steam and having an outer surface upon which the cloth can. bev wound,

and a. covering for said support comprising a flat topsupported by the top :of the'support and a cylindrical main portiondepending. therefrom and surrounding )the support,

said cylindrical portion having a diameter larger than thesupport to afi'ord aspacebetween it and the support for the retention of a steam.

A. In a device-of the character described, the combination of a supporting .tubei-for the cloth comprisinga body -per1vious to steam upon which the cloth can-Ibe-wound,

and. a -covering for said support comprising a cylindrical mainportion surroundingithe tube, said cylindrical portion having a .di ameter larger than the tube to 'afi'ord a. space Y between it and the tube for the retention of steam, and meansextending upwardly from the,- top of said tube for assistinginsupporting the tube and the covering.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand, in the presence of. two subscribing witnesses.

I-IYMAN PESKIN.

'Witnesses 1 ALBERT E. FAY, C. FORREST Wesson.

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